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"liberalism" is a confusing word with 3 different meanings: "economic liberalism", "classical/conservative liberalism" or "social liberalism".
Seeking "freedom" does not mean much without specifying what kind of freedom you seek and in which area.
In the USA, "liberal" is almost synonym with "leftist" since it's always understood as "social liberalism" which actually relies on a strong government to defend social freedom.
This is an international forum, not an American one.
The reason "liberal" is synonymous with "leftist" in the US is that the left has retreated so ridiculously far. Left anticommunism has been a dismal failure that's played into the right's hands. People thought that if they just demonstrated their anticommunist credentials that people would stop accusing them of being "reds" or "pinkos," but it absolutely has not worked and only emboldened the right to the point that even "liberal" became an accusation, a dirty word, while at the same time hurting and dividing the left.
I don't accept that, and neither do people outside of the US. A liberal is a supporter of capitalism, liberals are, by definition, right wing.